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Who we are...
The Johnson City Area Arts Council (JCAAC) is a regional arts council, dedicated to preserving and nurturing the traditional arts and cultural communities of Johnson City and the surrounding five county area of Carter, Greene, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington. For 25 years, the JCAAC has been the official local arts agency of the Tennessee Arts Commission, serving these five counties through support of area artists and arts organizations; development of educational programs, workshops and technical assistance services; promoting and advocating for the arts through interaction with and among federal, state and local agencies..
The JCAAC offers a wide variety of educational programs: a nationally recognized Annual Arts in Education Conference for public school teachers that is now in its 21st year. Such well know speakers as Eric Booth, Lisa Fitzhugh, Kimberli Boyd, Gary Race, Isaiah Jackson, and we are happy to announce that John Cimino will be the keynote speaker on November 12, 2007. The Student Ticket Subsidy for the Arts program in public schools and our newest and most ambitious program, ARTS CORPS, a free, after-school, arts education program that works with kids from low-income families to foster a sense of personal possibility and ownership in their world through their engagement with the arts. Started in 2006, ARTS CORPS, has six partner facilities located in the neighborhoods where the youth live. Our teaching artists are professional artists with passion and experience in teaching our kids.
To
increase the community's awareness of the arts, the JCAAC: provides Arts
Build Communities (ABC) grants to nonprofit agencies through the Tennessee
Arts Commission; supports and promotes all the arts through our
newsletters, frequent news releases and full-time staffing of a
centrally-located office at 214 East Main Street in Johnson City; provides
entertainment opportunities to the public through arts in the park,
seasonal programming; sponsors performances by internationally-known
artists, such as British pianist Martin Jones, guitarists Carlos Bendfeldt
and Andreas Kapsalis, and commedia del’arte artist Matthew Wilson.
The JCAAC is a public, membership organization.
We depend upon the generous support of volunteers to assist with our programs. For our annual budget we rely on memberships, individual and corporate contributions, admissions, program revenues and fund raising to support our programs.
We
receive other financial support from the Tennessee General Assembly
through the Tennessee Arts Commission, the City of Johnson City, area
businesses including Wellmont Health System, Wellington’s, Austin &
Company, Johnson City Press, Nelson Fine Art Center, Tree House Gallery,
SunTrust Bank, Peoples Bank, BB&T, Target Stores, Sabre Printing and
special donations.
For 2007-08, we have received support from the following foundations:
Mooneyhan Family Foundation, East Tennessee Foundation, and GenCorp
Foundation.